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Selden (surname)
Selden is a surname. People * Anjelica Selden, an American softballer * Annie Selden, expert in mathematics education * Armistead I. Selden (1921β1985), American politician * Brian Selden, winner of the 1998 Magic: The Gathering World Championship * Catherine Selden, Gothic novelist of the early 19th century * David Selden (1914β1998), American activist *Dixie Selden (1868-1935) American Artist *Dudley Selden, member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York *George Selden (author) (1929β1989), American author * George B. Selden (1846β1922), American inventor *Henry R. Selden (1805β1885), New York Lt. Gov. 1857-1858 *John Selden (1584β1654), English jurist and scholar * Samuel L. Selden (1800-1876), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals 1862 *Wayne Selden Jr. (1994-present), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * William Selden (1831-1850), U.S. Treasurer, who served under six presidents Fictional characters *Lawrence Selden, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjelica Selden
Anjelica Maria Selden (born April 26, 1986) is a former collegiate All-American, softball pitcher and coach. She played for UCLA and is the career leader in strikeouts. She also pitched internationally. Vanden High School Selden, who is African-American, was a standout player who eventually earned the 2004 Gatorade Softball Player of the Year award. She also owns high school national records for ERA (0.06; best mark ever) and shutouts (82). As a senior, she pitched 10 consecutive no-hitters and seven perfect games. UCLA Selden began her career by earning 2005 Second Team National Fastpitch Coaches' Association All-American, All-Pac-10 and Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year honors. Her strikeouts and innings pitched were both new school records that remain tops for UCLA. Her wins and career best strikeout ratio (10.4) were good for school top-10 marks all-time. Selden debuted on January 30, 2005 with a three-hit, one-run win, striking out 14 of the UCSB Gauchos. On February 27, Selde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Selden
Annie Laurer Alexander Selden is an expert in mathematics education. She is a professor emeritus at Tennessee Technological University, and an adjunct professor at New Mexico State University. She was one of the original founders of the Association for Women in Mathematics in 1971. Education Born as Annie Louise Laurer, she graduated from Oberlin College in 1959, learned to program computers in a summer job at IBM in Endicott, New York, and traveled to the University of GΓΆttingen to study mathematics as a Fulbright scholar. With the support of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, she earned a master's degree from Yale University in 1962. Delayed by marriage and two children, she completed her Ph.D. from Clarkson University in 1974. She published her dissertation, ''Bisimple Ο-semigroups in the locally compact setting'', under the name Annie Laurer Alexander. It was supervised by John Selden Jr., whom she later married as her second husband. Career Although Selden originally intended t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armistead I
Armistead is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Bill Armistead (born 1944), American politician from Alabama * George Armistead (1780β1818), American military officer who served as the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812 * James Armistead, American slave and spy in the American Revolution * Lewis Addison Armistead, Confederate Army general * Samuel G. Armistead (1927β2013), American ethnographer, linguist, folklorist, historian and Hispanist * Walker Keith Armistead, United States Army brigadier general * Wilson Armistead, (1819β1868) British merchant, anti-slavery abolitionist and author Given name: * Armistead Abraham Lilly (1878β1956), American lawyer, politician, and businessperson * Armistead Burt, U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1843 to 1853 * Armistead Mason Dobie, legal educator and federal judge * Armistead Maupin, American writer * Armistead Burwell Smith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Selden
Brian Selden (born 1980 in San Diego, California, San Diego, California) was the winner of the 1998 ''Magic: The Gathering'' Magic: The Gathering World Championship#1998 World championship, World Championship. His strategy in the tournament was to use two cards, called ''Survival of the Fittest'' and ''Recurring Nightmare'' repeatedly. The former card puts creatures into the Magic: The Gathering#Gameplay, graveyard, while the latter allows the user to return them to the battlefield without using any Magic: The Gathering rules#Mana costs and colors, mana. This results in a constant cycle of Resurrection, resurrected creatures. Selden used this tactic to bring back utility creatures or either ''Verdant Force'' or ''Spirit of the Night'', both very expensive, powerful, and usually game-ending cards. Selden received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2003, and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 2005. References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Selden
Catharine Selden (dates not known) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels in the early 19th century. Little known today, she was "prolific" and her novels "best-selling" for her publisher, Minerva Press. She published seven novels. The first, ''The English Nun'' (1797), was written in imitation of Diderot's '' La Religieuse'' (1792). Bibliography * ''The English Nun: a Novel'' (London, 1797) *''The Count de Santerre'' (1797) *''Lindor; or Early Engagements'' (1798) *''Serena'' (1800) *''The Sailors'' (1800) * ''German Letters'' (Translator, Cork, 1804) *''Villa Nova: or, The Ruined Castle'' (1805) *''Villasantelle, or The Curious Impertinent'' (1817)Full text available from Chawton House Chawton House is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Hampshire. It is run as a historic property and also houses the research library of The Centre for the Study of Early Women's Writing, 1600β1830, using the building's connectio ... as PDF References Writers of Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Selden
David Selden (June 5, 1914 – May 8, 1998) was an American activist who led the American Federation of Teachers from 1968 through 1974. As Director of Organization of the Teachers Guild from 1953, he was a main strategist in the creation of the United Federation of Teachers in 1960 and the winning of collective bargaining in 1961. During that time he mentored several UFT staff people, including Burke Probitsky and Robert Lieberman and elected leaders. Among them was one he was particularly close to: a junior high school teacher named Albert Shanker. Shanker often paid tribute to Selden, saying that all he knew about union organizing he had learned from Selden. Selden left UFT in 1968 upon winning election as president of the American Federation of Teachers. (In AFT, unlike its rival, the National Education Association, staff members are eligible to run for elective office. Most UFT, AFT, and other large AFT affiliates are headed by former staff people.) With the merger of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixie Selden
Dixie Selden (February 28, 1868November 15, 1935) was an American artist. She studied with Frank Duveneck, who was a mentor and significant influence, and William Merritt Chase, who introduced her to Impressionism. Selden painted portraits of Americans and made genre paintings, landscapes and seascapes from her travels within the country and to Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Mexico. She helped found and was twice the president of the Women's Art Club of Cincinnati. Her works have been exhibited in the United States. She was one of the Daughters of the American Revolution and on the Social Register. Early life Dixie Selden, named for the song '' Dixie Land'', was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was one of three children of John Roger Selden and Martha Peyton McMillon Selden. Her parents had ancestors from northern states, New York and Connecticut, who fought during the Revolutionary War, and her father fought for the Union during the American Civil War, but they were sympathetic t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley Selden
Dudley Selden (1794 – November 7, 1855 Paris, France) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. From 1833 to 1834, he served part of one term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Life Family He was a son of Joseph Dudley Selden (1764β1837) and Ethelinda Colt (1771β1864). He married Mary Augusta Packard (1803β1868), and had a daughter Maria Louisa Selden who married William Rogers Morgan. Early career Selden graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1819. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession in New York City in 1831. Political career He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1831. Congress Selden was elected as a Jacksonian to the 23rd United States Congress and served from March 4, 1833, to July 1, 1834, when he resigned. Death and burial He died on November 7, 1855, in Paris, France and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn () is a bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Selden (author)
George Selden Thompson (May 14, 1929 β December 5, 1989) was an American author. Known professionally as George Selden, he also wrote under the pseudonym Terry Andrews. He is best known for his 1961 book ''The Cricket in Times Square'', which received a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1963 and a Newbery Honor. Biography Born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Dr. Hartwell Greene Thompson, Sr., an obstetrician at Hartford Hospital, and Sigrid Marie (Johnson). He had an older brother, Hartwell Greene Thompson, Jr. Selden was educated at the Loomis School, and graduated from there in 1947. He attended Yale University, where he joined the Elizabethan Club and the literary magazine, and graduated with a B.A. in 1951. He also attended Columbia University for three summers. After Yale, he studied for a year in Rome on a Fulbright Scholarship from 1951 and 1952. Selden is best known as the author of several books about the character Chester Cricket and his friends, Tucker Mouse and Harry C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George B
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEΓRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry R
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876β936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6β1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Selden
John Selden (16 December 1584 β 30 November 1654) was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land." Early life He was born at Salvington, in the parish of West Tarring, West Sussex (now part of the town of Worthing), and was baptised at St Andrew's, the parish church. The cottage in which he was born survived until 1959 when it was destroyed by a fire caused by an electrical fault. His father, also named John Selden, had a small farm. It is said that his skill as a violin-player was what attracted his wife, Margaret, who was from a better family, being the only child of Thomas Baker of Rustington and descended from a knightly family of Kent. Selden was educated at the free grammar school at Chichester, The Prebendal School, and in 1600 he went on to Hart Hall, Oxford. In 1603, he was admitted to Cliffor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
